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The Parish Council meeting scheduled for 5 March 2025 is having to be postponed for two weeks until Wednesday 19 March 2025.

The meeting will now place at 7.15 pm on the 19th at Medbourne Sports Club (Hallaton Road), and not at the Village Hall, as the hall is already booked for that evening.

All remain welcome to attend at the Sports Club on the rearranged date, as is usual for the Council's meetings.... Read More »

CHANGES TO MEDBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL WEBSITE AND CONTACT EMAILS

To be in accordance with Government guidelines on 'best practice' for the use of appropriate websites and email links, the Parish Council has moved its website and email contacts to new links that now have the '...gov.uk' suffix that denote the the Council and Parish Councillors are acting in the capacity of being within the local authority... Read More »

The Annual meetings required to be held by the end of May each year will take place in 2025 on Wednesday 7 May 2025 in the Village Hall, starting at 7.00pm. Read More »

Dear Medbourne Residents,

Please see message below from Alicia Kearns MP regarding government proposals to scrap district councils. If followed through, this could have a very significant impact on our community as described below.

Could I please encourage you to follow the links under 'Harborough: Petition and Survey' and consider taking part in both of these. We will of course keep you informed regarding... Read More »

Information forwarded by Hereward Homes:

Work is due to commence on Hallaton Road on 18th November 2024 to create the new site entrance to Homefield Close and the extension of the public footpath to the kissing gate entrance on the sports field.

The works will take approximately three weeks to complete. During this time there will be two-way traffic lights in use to keep workers safe.

Should you have... Read More »

It has been suggested that Medbourne could benefit from a 20mph speed limit.

While we reside well to the east of Offa's Dyke, the recent experience in Wales has been instructive (for and against 20mph limits). For the uninitiated, the Welsh Government introduced a default 20mph speed limit on restricted roads across Wales in September 2023. The Welsh government is now conducting a review to make sure... Read More »

Whilst we enjoy some respite from the recent heavy rain, it is worth reflecting that this is early in 'the season' and the land around us has had a through soaking making the situation for our excellent village flood defences ever more challenging. I recently attended a 'flood summit' with our local MP where we discussed how we can help ourselves in the face of these extreme weather events –... Read More »

All Medbourne residents please be aware that there is an Amber Weather Warning issued by the Met Office for heavy rain for the Medbourne area from 0500 on Mon 23 Sep to 2100 on Mon 23 Sep. The definition of an Amber warning is "There is an increased likelihood of bad weather affecting you, which could potentially disrupt your plans and possibly cause travel delays, road and rail closures, interruption... Read More »

The Parish Council has been informed by Leicestershire Highways that works on the Hallaton Road Vented Ford will be ongoing from Monday 22 July 2024. Any further information on the expected duration of works will be posted when this becomes available.

Seb Kendall

Chair, Medbourne Parish Council Read More »

Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews has unveiled a robust engagement programme giving residents, businesses and partner services a front seat in his plans to make Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland safer.

In the first major engagement exercise since his re-election, the PCC is asking everybody who lives or works in the force area to identify the issues that matter most to them. The survey... (July/August 2024)" class="read-more" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">Read More »